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What is the noun for praetorships?

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praetor
  1. (historical) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
    1. (originally) A consul in command of the army.
    2. (after 366 BC) An annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the praetor urbānus (“urban praetor”) or the praetor peregrīnus (“peregrine praetor”)), and eventually eighteen.
  2. (by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
  3. The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of Italy.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “When Caesar was a praetor, he supported a tribune who wanted Pompey recalled to restore order in Rome.”
      “Once again, elections were held for aedile, praetor, quaestor and the other traditional offices of the Republic.”
      “Little is known about him except that he was curule aedile c.67, praetor c.64, and later a pro praetor.”
praetorship
  1. (historical) The office or term of a praetor. [from 16th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “Other magistracies, the aedileship and the tribunate of the plebs, might be held between quaestorship and praetorship, but were not obligatory.”
      “Thereafter came praetorship and consulship, and finally the quinquennial office of censor, the crown of a republican politician's career.”
      “This and his election to a praetorship for 62 established him as a man of power and importance.”
praetorian
praetorships
  1. plural of praetorship
praetorians
praetors
  1. plural of praetor
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In case of war, these consuls were entrusted with commanding her armies, usually with the assistance of praetors and proconsuls.”
      “The praetors and consuls would then draw lots to determine their particular provinces.”
      “However, praetors were not free to move around with their legions and were pretty much anchored to where they were assigned.”
praetores
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